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Justin Liu's avatar
Justin Liu
MVP
Aug 17, 2016

SharePoint Online list view threshold question

Hi currently I faced a problem that one of document library with a lot of content(20,000+) exceed the view threshold and as a result I can not export the list as a template(even not check the includ...
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Vadivelu_Balusamy's avatar
Vadivelu_Balusamy
Iron Contributor
Aug 17, 2016

Justin Liu : 

 

For current document library, use any third part tool like sharegate,metalogix to move the old docs to new library.

Or use "Open with explore" to copy the document from old library to new library.

 

Split the list/documents based on the data growth going forward by Monthly/Quaterly basis.

 

FYI. Onedrive to SharePoint Team site we have a option to copy the data. Soon we will get the updates from Team site to Team site. So that it will easy to move the data within the Teamsite going forward. 

  • Arvind Gnanamani's avatar
    Arvind Gnanamani
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 18, 2016
    What about a scenario where 100,000 documents are already migrated vis 3rd party tool, now we are not able to perform operations like "Break unique permission" at Document Library level.

    We get "The attempted operation is prohibited because it exceeds the list view threshold enforced by the administrator"
    • Andrew Koltyakov's avatar
      Andrew Koltyakov
      MVP
      Nov 14, 2016

      In such situation, I would recommend considering restructuring of a document library to multiple smaller and manageable libraries.

      If throttling messages are faced that's usually a signal that something wrong in the way SharePoint is used or a solution is developed, etc.

      • GDJones's avatar
        GDJones
        Copper Contributor
        Dec 02, 2019

        Andrew Koltyakov do you have any suggestions where your sharepoint is linked to Dynamics, as I believe the files have to exist in a single List?

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